EGYPTCulture

FIRST STOP –GREAT SPHINX

The great Sphinx is just outside of Cairo, you can see it as you fly over. At night they do an impressive laser light show as a Tourist attraction. No one knows for sure why the Sphinx was built, one theory is it was just left over rock.

YOU CAN SEE HOW CLOSE THE PYRAMIDS AND SPHINX IS TO CAIRO, EGYPT’S CAPITAL.

THE 3 PYRAMIDS

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/khufu.html

Khufu built the largest for himself, second for his son and third has his grandson.

There are no other ones like this. They made the graves too easy for tomb robbers to discover.

PYRAMIDS

INSIDE

THE NILE

Nile

GOVERNMENT

Egypt had a leader, a dictator, Mubarak. He was popular for many years but as people grew poorer. More rumours of his wife’s huge spending sprees in USA and his $10,000 suits angered the people. They revolted in 2011, the Arab Spring, calling for “bread, freedom, and social life/happiness. The Muslim Brotherhood along with the Army are now in charge.

FOOD

Food is fabulous ! Rice and bbq style meats would be common. Falafel is a grain type food. In this restaurant I ate stuffed pigeon. It is delicious. Pasta soup is common. Breakfast is feta cheese, hard boiled egg and cucumber.

RELIGION

Muslim is the majority. There are Jews, Christians and Nubians ( natives)

It was Ramadon when I was there so often things were closed, no one eats from sunrise to sunset.

Sport Children play soccer

but there is not a great dela of sport that is known. I did see many swimming in the Nile.

CHILDREN IN EGYPT

NUBIAN VILLAGE

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